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Sunday, November 25, 2012

RECAP: Beating The Boatmen. Dogs Win 5-4.

FINAL: Baie-Comeau 4, Saint John 5

By Tim Lumsden

SN Staff

The Sea Dogs took on the Drakkar on Sunday at Harbour
Station. This was the second game that the Sea Dogs played this weekend. Coming
into the game after a 4-1 victory; the team looked energetic and in good
spirits during the warm up.

Sebastien Auger started in net for Saint John, while the
Drakkar started Simon Lemieux.

FIRST PERIOD

Jakub Izacky began the period with a penalty at 54
seconds for cross checking.

At 5:40, a brawl erupted in the Drakkar end. Jonathan
Huberdeau was sent to the box for roughing, along with Ryan Tesink for roughing
and cross checking. Maxim Lamarche and Julien Lepage from the Drakkar were sent
off for roughing as well.

Kevin Gagne was next on the penalty train as he took a
penalty for holding at 9:57.

Valentin Zykov headed to the box at 14:30 as he was
called for tripping.

The Sea Dogs were first on the board as Pierre Durepos
scored at 16:23. Kevin Gagne and Jonathan Huberdeau each got an assist.

Shots in the first were 15-6 in favour of the Drakkar.

SECOND PERIOD

Baie-Comeau started off the second period with a penalty
as Gabryel Paquin-Boudreau was called for hooking, only 32 seconds into the
period.

The Dogs took advantage of the power play as Jurij Repe
scored at 0:39. Aidan Kelly and Oliver Cooper each snagged an assist.

3:11 saw things getting chippy as Jason Cameron and
Paquin-Boudreau were sent off for roughing. This came only moments after an
injured Repe was assisted off the ice.

The third goal of the game went to the Dogs as Ryan
Tesink scored at 6:59. Stephen MacAulay and Jonathan Huberdeau grabbed assists
on that goal.

With that, the Drakkar switched goalies as Lemieux was
pulled and Philippe Cadorette went in.

Maxim Lamarche sent the Drakkar to the penalty kill once
again at 10:34 as he was called for hooking.

Ryan Tesink went to the box at 13:00 for hooking.

16:18 saw some more penalties as Oliver Cooper was sent
off for high sticking and Bokondji Imama was called for roughing.

Oliver Cooper expanded the Sea Dog lead as he scored the
4th goal of the game at 18:29 with assists going to Jonathan Huberdeau and Ryan
Tesink.

Shots in the second were 14-9 Saint John.

THIRD PERIOD

The Drakkar finally got up on the board as Miguel Caron
scored their first goal at 4:42.

Just seconds later, it was answered by Jakub Izacky with
an assist going to David Weckworth.

A battle broke out in front of the Sea Dogs’ bench at
9:02. Jason Cameron was sent off for roughing. The Dogs went on the power play
as the Drakkar lost Alexis Vanier and Samuel Noreau.

David Weckworth was sent to the box for hooking at 10:39.

The Drakkar made a strong push, scoring two goals within
seconds bring the score to 5-3. Miguel Caron scored the first, Alexandre Ranger
took the second.

The Sea Dogs couldn't stay out of the box it seemed as
Noah Zilbert was next to the box at 16:23. Seconds after the Drakkar went on
the attack, Raphael Bussieres scored and brought the Drakkar just one goal away
from a tie game.

Try as they might, Baie-Comeau could not score that final
goal. Frustrations had been mounting all evening and finally exploded at the
final buzzer. Both benches were out on the ice. When the dust settled and the
officials had sorted things out, Alexandre Ranger was given a roughing penalty
and an unsportsmanlike conduct misconduct; Alexis Vanier also received an
unsportsmanlike conduct misconduct and a fighting penalty. Kevin Gagne received
a fighting penalty and unsportsmanlike conduct misconduct. Michael Mastrangelo
left with a fighting penalty and an abuse of officials game misconduct.
Finally, Ryan Tesink rounded off the Sea Dog penalties with a roughing penalty
as well as a misconduct for not clearing the area of a fight.

The Sea Dogs also walked away with a much deserved and
hard fought win.

NOTES: See Sea Dogs Postscript tomorrow on SN.

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs head to Rouyn-Noranda on Wednesday
to take on the Huskies. Puck drops at 8:30 AST.

Just like last season the Drakkar demonstrate that their an organization completely devoid of any class what so ever. They rush the ise during our post game and we end up on the losing end of it. Go figure...

I guess the new reality for Saint John is that the Q is going to stack he deck against us and there's really nothing we can do about it. The non-calls last night were typical of any game in which a Quebec theam is playing Saint John. The Q could at least do a better job of pretending to call a fair game.